Rescuers help cat who was thrown out of home in Philadelphia

Social media brings out the worst in some individuals.

It additionally brings out the most effective.

That was on show Tuesday evening when somebody posted on Facebook that they’d been evicted by their landlord at an house within the Port Richmond part of Philadelphia.

“Hello,” the publish learn. “Kind of an emergency. My landlord simply made me put my cat within the park throughout the road. I hoped somebody might come decide him up. He’s 7 yrs old and his title is Ouija.”

As quickly as that was posted, the good animal rescuers of Philadelphia jumped in and headed to Campbell Square Park.

The publish was shared on varied animal rescue and lacking pet pages within the Philadelphia space, and shortly individuals hit the streets.

“I got here home from work and advised the story to my husband, and he requested if I wished to go look and I mentioned, ‘Yes,'” said Claudia Dominguez.

She and her husband, Eddie Veliaj, drove about 15 minutes from their home to the park and started searching.

It wasn’t easy.  In fact, after searching for a while with no luck, the couple went home, dejected. But after checking social media later, they learned the cat had been heard from, just not found.

“I saw it on Facebook someone threw a cat out, I told my boyfriend I want to go look,” said Tracey O’Boyle Mathews, who was searching with her boyfriend Jimmy Simpson. “I never did anything like this before, but we went and we looked all over, calling it. We couldn’t find him, but my boyfriend heard a meow coming from under a car.” 

That was the good news.

The bad news? He had climbed under a car and into the undercarriage.

O’Boyle Mathews posted on Facebook that the cat was located, but they needed help getting him. Dominguez and Veliaj went back to the park, now knowing exactly where he is.

That’s where Veliaj came in. He had to scoot under the car to reach Ouija, who had climbed into the car’s plastic protecting beneath it. 

It did not take lengthy for Ouija to appreciate Veliaj was one of many good guys.

“The poor man was nonetheless so candy after his horrible day,” Dominguez mentioned. “As Eddie was making an attempt to tug him out, he let go for a second to get a greater grip on the cat, and as an alternative of making an attempt to get away, he simply rubbed his face throughout Eddie’s hand.”

Soon, Veliaj was capable of get grip on the scared cat and put him in a service.

Once once more, the animal rescue neighborhood stepped up.

The cat is secure and now dwelling with O’Boyle Mathews. At one level, he was slated to go to P.A.L.S. (Pet Adoption and Lifecare Society), a rescue primarily based within the Philly suburbs that not solely rescues lots of of cats every year, however all the time takes on among the hardest and costliest rescues.

But it sounds just like the cat made his resolution.

“Something simply pulled me to go there,” O’Boyle Mathews mentioned. “Cats decide their homeowners. Nobody might discover him. I felt I simply needed to strive. There have been individuals looking two hours. I heard him meow. It was actually bizarre the way it occurred. I really feel like he picked us. He’s superior, I really like him. He’s an enormous a part of my pack now.”

The cat could haven’t been wished by the owner or the proprietor, however lots of people locally certain cared about him.

“I walked down with a entice after I noticed that he was noticed below a automotive,” mentioned Lisa Muniz, a cat rescuer and volunteer who lives close to the place Ouija was discovered. “When I obtained there I noticed that he was actually below the automotive and wasn’t popping out. I set the entice, nevertheless it was fairly obvious he was going to want some assist. So, I actually simply laid down and helped shine my mild whereas they pulled him out. I provided to get him mounted by way of one of many organizations I volunteer with (The Cat Collaborative), however he was already mounted.

“I’ve been concerned with rescue/TNR for years and also you see the worst facet of so many individuals. Cats get dumped like trash regularly and there’s not all the time a contented ending. This really was wonderful and I hope extra individuals proceed to become involved.”

Ouija is not a lot of a road cat, however he actually enjoys the indoors. He is now dwelling with seven different cats, and whereas he is adjusting, he is consuming and discovering his manner in his new home.

The story teaches a really priceless lesson.

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First, pets are a dedication, so you probably have one, do your greatest to maintain them.

If you do have to surrender a pet, take them to a shelter. Indoor cats will not do effectively outdoors, particularly within the chilly climate. Just opening your door and letting them go shouldn’t be accountable, and it is extraordinarily harmful for the animal.

And final, animal rescuers will cease at nothing. 

Just ask Veliaj, who crawled below a automotive on a chilly, moist evening in Philadelphia.

“He’s not as huge as a cat lover as I’m,” Dominguez mentioned of her husband, who was lined in grime after he emerged from below the automotive. “(I’m) not saying he does not love cats. We have two of our personal, and he loves them very a lot. But to have him assist get this cat to security and never complain as soon as was past appreciated.”

Not simply by his spouse, however by the hundreds following alongside on social media.